Wife of slain Uber driver knifed in his car desperate to find husband's killer: 'How can somebody be so heartless?'

By Elizabeth Elizalde , trevor kapp and esha ray

|New York Daily News|

Mar 03, 2019 | 2:35 PM

Ganiou Gandonou, 27, was fatally knifed in the neck and chest on Hutchinson River Parkway East near Einstein Loop North in Co-op City on Saturday just after 9 p.m. (Obtained by New York Daily News)

An Uber driver from West Africa who immigrated to the Bronx six years ago in search of a better life was stabbed to death in his own car — leaving behind a 2-year-old son and a distraught wife desperate to find his killer.

Ganiou Gandonou, 27, was fatally knifed in the neck and chest in his black livery cab on Hutchinson River Parkway East near Einstein Loop North in Co-op City on Saturday just after 9 p.m.

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He was taken to Jacobi Medical Center where he died.

Police released video Sunday of a man fleeing the scene of the incident.

Gandonou’s grieving wife of four years, Latifatou Alimi, told the Daily News on Sunday she believes her husband was robbed.

Uber called Gandonou’s death a “horribly tragic incident” in a statement Sunday.

"This is a horribly tragic incident and our hearts go out to the grieving family. We stand ready to work with law enforcement to assist their investigation in any way possible,” said spokesman Grant Klinzman.

It’s unclear if Gandonou was working at the time of his death. His Uber base did not immediately return a request for comment.

The New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers is offering a $3,000 reward for information about his killer.

"Whoever committed this crime is a savage, is an animal,” said spokesman Fernando Mateo on Sunday. “To take a knife and plunge it into another human being's body repeatedly takes someone who has no type of remorse, no type of feelings for another human being and we need to get this guy off the street."